Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of ErieCollins, 1899 - 668 pages |
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... committee to promote the said object . There is no record of what that committee did to promote the object , " but it is to be presumed that the publication , some weeks later , of a certain notice of application to the Legislature of ...
... committee to promote the said object . There is no record of what that committee did to promote the object , " but it is to be presumed that the publication , some weeks later , of a certain notice of application to the Legislature of ...
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... committee . The committee appointed to consider and report to the convention the subjects which should particularly occupy their attention at the present meeting , respectfully report : 1st . That it is expedient that application be ...
... committee . The committee appointed to consider and report to the convention the subjects which should particularly occupy their attention at the present meeting , respectfully report : 1st . That it is expedient that application be ...
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... committee of the original Jamestown Convention , in which letter he favored and recom- mended the two - corporation idea . The committee delegated Richard Marvin to reply to Mr. Lord's letter , which he did , making it as able and ...
... committee of the original Jamestown Convention , in which letter he favored and recom- mended the two - corporation idea . The committee delegated Richard Marvin to reply to Mr. Lord's letter , which he did , making it as able and ...
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... Committee on Resolutions . If it were not the argu- ments of that letter that brought about the result accomplished it would be difficult to surmise what the cause of the change in the sentiment of the com- mittee could have been ...
... Committee on Resolutions . If it were not the argu- ments of that letter that brought about the result accomplished it would be difficult to surmise what the cause of the change in the sentiment of the com- mittee could have been ...
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... Committee Thinks the United States Government Should Make a Survey for the Railroad- The Government Survey , the Erie Canal , and New York State Politics President Andrew Jackson's Reason for Ordering the Government Survey Discontinued ...
... Committee Thinks the United States Government Should Make a Survey for the Railroad- The Government Survey , the Erie Canal , and New York State Politics President Andrew Jackson's Reason for Ordering the Government Survey Discontinued ...
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affairs Albany amount appointed April Atlantic Barlow Benjamin Loder bill Binghamton bridge Buffalo Canal capital stock cars cent charge Charles charter coal committee Company's conductor connection construction contract County Daniel Drew debt Delaware Diven dividend Division Dunkirk Eleazar Lord election Elmira engineer Erie management Erie Railroad Company Erie Railway Company Erie stock Erie's expenses feet Fisk freight Goshen Henry Homer Ramsdell Hornellsville Hudson River interest issued James James Fisk James McHenry January Jay Gould Jersey City Jewett John Judge July Lake Erie land lease Legislature loan locomotive Loder March Marsh McHenry ment Middletown miles Nathaniel Marsh Newburgh operation Owego paid pany passed passenger train Pennsylvania Piermont Port Jervis President purchase rails Receiver resigned road route Samuel Samuel Marsh Senate station stockholders Street Superintendent Susquehanna terminus tion track Valley Vanderbilt Vice-President vote Watson West Western Railroad William York and Erie
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Page 292 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 293 - The said corporation shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the general restrictions and liabilities prescribed in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes.
Page 292 - ... shall be inspectors of the first election of directors of the said corporation, and shall certify under their hands the names of those duly elected, and deliver over the subscription books...
Page 461 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 293 - ... in such manner as to afford security for life and property: but the corporation shall restore the stream or water- course, road or highway, thus intersected, to its former state, or in a sufficient manner not to unnecessarily impair its usefulness or injure its franchises.
Page 293 - ... forfeit and pay to the said corporation double the amount of damages sustained by means of such offence or injury, to be recovered in the name of the said corporation, with costs of suit by action of debt.
Page 192 - Ward and each of them, their and each of their heirs, executors and administrators of and from all and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts...
Page 292 - ... any director, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year wherein they may happen, by the board of directors...
Page 292 - Statutes, have power, 1. To cause such examination and surveys for its proposed railroad to be made, as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route...
Page 293 - ... as shall be made to the said corporation, to aid in the construction, maintenance and accommodation of the said...